instructions for catching a ghost

i wrote this in 2022, when we moved. not all of it is still true. it was originally published in Makeshift zine "Strange Homes" issue, which is available for order at a link in my about page

Enter the house in Orange County with a koi pond in the front and a tree the mother has trained to curve in an unnatural ‘s’ shape. Enter the baby pink room the mother painted when she was eight mont…